In the case of a little “war nuclear”, 75% of people will starve within 2 years

A limited nuclear war would suffice to launch a chain of events that would result in a global food crisis and deadly hunger at the top of deaths from nuclear weapons explosions themselves, scientists warn. While a massive nuclear war, such as the US-Russia, could lead to the death of more than half of humanity.

The study estimates that a regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan, for example, could result in up to 2.5 billion starvation deaths over the next two years. In a much wider nuclear conflict geographically and on a massive US-Russia scale, hunger-related deaths can be worse off than five billion, more than half of all humanity.

The analysis of the design, published in the scientific food magazine Nature Food, which estimates (through six possible scenarios) the effects of a once unimaginable nuclear war, points out that the soot released in the atmosphere will lead to food shortages and many hunger - related deaths.

The use of nuclear weapons (mistress or bomb) will cause massive fires, resulting in acumulating of large amounts of soot in the atmosphere that will block solar radiation from reaching the planet's surface, reducing temperature and limiting plant productivity that eventually reduces food production. The extent of these effects will depend on how high temperatures will be and how widespread the changes in rainfall will depend on how much soot will reach the upper part of the atmosphere.

Researchers, led by assistant professor of atmospheric-climmatic science Lily Xia from Rutgers University in New Jersey, shaped the effects of six atmospheric scenarios, after a week of small or large nuclear warfare, on major agricultural cultures (grue, corn, rice, soy), on livestock, fishing, and other food supplies.

Even if compensation measures are taken, such as reducing food waste and redirecting various agricultural products produced (e.g. Animal food for human consumption, scientists predict that the available production of livestock and fish will not be able to compensate for agricultural shortages in most countries. Any nuclear explosion that produces more than 5 trillion grams of soot is projected to lead to massive food shortages in almost all countries.

The decline in agricultural output is expected to be the largest in the medium- and high-wide countries, including leading agricultural exporters, both the US and Russia. Based on the worst nuclear scenario, more than 75% of the planet are estimated to starve to death within the next two years after the catastrophic war. The destruction of the ozone layer in the stratosphere will result in more ultraviolet solar radiation that will reach Earth's surface, which will have effects beyond direct human health and indirect effects on global food.

Researchers point out that these ominous assessments by their models reveal the great consequences of any nuclear conflict on planetary and human health, so global co-operation is the only way to avoid such a terrible event.

Data tells us one thing: We must prevent a nuclear war from happening at a moment”, said Rutger's climate science professor, Alan Robick. “As long as nuclear weapons exist, they can be used and the world has approached nuclear war several times. Nuclear weapon ban is the only long-term solution. To date, the five - year - old United Nations Treaty on Banning Nuclear Weapons has been ratified by 66 countries, but none of the nine nuclear powers. Our study makes it clear that the time has come for these nine states to listen to science and the rest of the world and sign this” agreement, he added.